Ke An

25.3k total citations · 16 hit papers
425 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Ke An is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke An has authored 425 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 232 papers in Materials Chemistry and 89 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ke An's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (66 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (60 papers) and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (49 papers). Ke An is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (66 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (60 papers) and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (49 papers). Ke An collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Ke An's co-authors include Yan Chen, Xiongjun Liu, Hui Wang, Zhaoping Lü, Hailong Huang, Junyang He, T.G. Nieh, Peter K. Liaw, Jonathan D. Poplawsky and Mingwei Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ke An

409 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy with outstanding tensile properties

2015 2.2k citations Ke An et al. Acta Materialia profile →
Enhanced strength and ductility in a high-entropy alloy via ordered oxygen complexes

2018 1.4k citations Ke An et al. profile →
Gas–solid interfacial modification of oxygen activity in layered oxide cathodes for lithium-ion batteries

2016 643 citations Haodong Liu, Yan Chen et al. profile →
Gradient cell–structured high-entropy alloy with exceptional strength and ductility

2021 575 citations Ke An, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →
Phase‐Transformation Ductilization of Brittle High‐Entropy Alloys via Metastability Engineering

2017 568 citations Ke An et al. profile →
Efficient Direct Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes by Targeted Healing

2020 538 citations Yan Chen, Ke An et al. profile →
Strong yet ductile nanolamellar high-entropy alloys by additive manufacturing

2022 485 citations Yan Chen, Ke An et al. profile →
Lattice distortion in a strong and ductile refractory high-entropy alloy

2018 473 citations Chanho Lee, Gian Song et al. Acta Materialia profile →
Bifunctional nanoprecipitates strengthen and ductilize a medium-entropy alloy

2021 246 citations Ying Yang, Ke An et al. profile →
Lattice‐Distortion‐Enhanced Yield Strength in a Refractory High‐Entropy Alloy

2020 234 citations Chanho Lee, George Kim et al. profile →
Improving the oxygen redox reversibility of Li-rich battery cathode materials via Coulombic repulsive interactions strategy

2022 220 citations Ke An et al. profile →
High-throughput design of high-performance lightweight high-entropy alloys

2021 216 citations Michael C. Gao, Yan Chen et al. profile →
Superior High‐Temperature Strength in a Supersaturated Refractory High‐Entropy Alloy

2021 183 citations Michael C. Gao, Jöerg C. Neuefeind et al. profile →
Strength can be controlled by edge dislocations in refractory high-entropy alloys

2021 175 citations Chanho Lee, Ke An et al. profile →
Enhancing fatigue life by ductile-transformable multicomponent B2 precipitates in a high-entropy alloy

2021 168 citations Dunji Yu, Yan Chen et al. profile →
Atomic faulting induced exceptional cryogenic strain hardening in gradient cell–structured alloy

2023 102 citations Ke An, Peter K. Liaw et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ke An	13.6k	7.4k	7.0k	4.6k	1.8k	425	20.2k
Ze Zhang	9.7k 0.7×	10.5k 1.4×	4.4k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	411	19.1k
Xiaozhou Liao	16.2k 1.2×	17.8k 2.4×	5.5k 0.8×	3.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	366	25.7k
Jun Sun	11.3k 0.8×	11.5k 1.6×	4.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	574	17.7k
Fuxing Yin	7.4k 0.5×	7.3k 1.0×	2.1k 0.3×	2.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	534	13.0k
Yinmin Wang	9.2k 0.7×	9.2k 1.2×	1.6k 0.2×	3.2k 0.7×	800 0.4×	116	17.5k
Yanfei Gao	7.7k 0.6×	4.9k 0.7×	3.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	856 0.5×	244	12.4k
Baptiste Gault	12.3k 0.9×	10.1k 1.4×	5.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	995 0.5×	468	20.6k
Jerzy A. Szpunar	10.5k 0.8×	13.1k 1.8×	3.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	719	19.7k
Yan Chen	5.5k 0.4×	4.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.3×	4.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	449	11.7k
Scott X. Mao	6.0k 0.4×	8.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.2×	10.8k 2.4×	3.9k 2.1×	202	20.0k

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Fraser, Kirk, Dunji Yu, Yan Chen, et al.. (2025). Neutron diffraction analysis of residual stress distribution in the lubricant-free TR-AFSD AA7075 repair coupled with SPH simulations. Journal of Advanced Joining Processes. 11. 100283–100283. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Kan, Sibo Cheng, Xianfeng Ma, et al.. (2025). Lattice misfit design and characterisation in BCC superalloys. Scripta Materialia. 267. 116802–116802. 5 indexed citations

Kim, Hwangsun, Ke An, Yan Chen, et al.. (2025). Unraveling Materials Synthesis Mechanisms Using In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Neutron Scattering. Chemical Reviews. 125(18). 8731–8763.

Venkatakrishnan, Singanallur, et al.. (2025). Simulation driven adaptive sampling for neutron-diffraction based strain mapping of additively manufactured parts ^*. Machine Learning Science and Technology. 6(4). 45037–45037.

Xie, Dongyue, Chia‐Yi Wu, Leeseung Kang, et al.. (2025). Deformation Behaviors in Single BCC‐Phase Refractory Multi‐Principal Element Alloys under Dynamic Conditions. Advanced Science. 12(36). e08180–e08180. 2 indexed citations

Martin, May L., Damian S. Lauria, Jason P. Killgore, et al.. (2024). Effects of hydrogen on the evolution of 4130 steel microstructure as a result of tensile loading. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 136. 643–650.

Bansal, Narottam P., Ke An, Wayne D. Jennings, & Gustavo Costa. (2024). Thermochemical interactions between Ca2Sm8(SiO4)6O2 apatite and molten calcium–magnesium-aluminosilicate (CMAS). Ceramics International. 50(10). 17691–17702. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Dunji, Can Guo, Sichao Fu, et al.. (2024). Probing the fatigue enhancement in a thermally aged cast duplex stainless steel by in situ neutron diffraction. Scripta Materialia. 252. 116252–116252. 5 indexed citations

Zhong, Weicheng, Haixuan Xu, Ke An, et al.. (2023). Deciphering the multiple deformation mechanisms responsible for sustained work hardening in a FeCrCoNi medium entropy alloy. International Journal of Plasticity. 167. 103663–103663. 27 indexed citations

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Connolly, Matthew, May L. Martin, Damian S. Lauria, et al.. (2023). Effects of mechanical deformation on dislocation density and phase partitioning in 4130 steel. Materials Science and Engineering A. 885. 145592–145592. 4 indexed citations

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Lee, Chanho, Gian Song, Michael C. Gao, et al.. (2021). Effects of Zr addition on lattice strains and electronic structures of NbTaTiV high-entropy alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 831. 142293–142293. 21 indexed citations

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Xie, Di, Yuan Li, Peter K. Liaw, et al.. (2021). In situ monitoring of dislocation, twinning, and detwinning modes in an extruded magnesium alloy under cyclic loading conditions. Materials Science and Engineering A. 806. 140860–140860. 15 indexed citations

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Fu, Sichao, Dunji Yu, Yan Chen, et al.. (2021). Magnetic ordering suppressed phase transformation of a TRIP-HEA during thermal cycling. Applied Physics Letters. 119(17). 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Rui, Ziteng Liang, Yuxuan Xiang, et al.. (2020). Recognition of V3+/V4+/V5+ Multielectron Reactions in Na3V(PO4)2: A Potential High Energy Density Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Molecules. 25(4). 1000–1000. 16 indexed citations

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Fan, Qinglu, Shaodian Yang, Jun Liu, et al.. (2019). Mixed-conducting interlayer boosting the electrochemical performance of Ni-rich layered oxide cathode materials for lithium ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 421. 91–99. 123 indexed citations

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Kim, George, Haoyan Diao, Chanho Lee, et al.. (2019). First-principles and machine learning predictions of elasticity in severely lattice-distorted high-entropy alloys with experimental validation. Acta Materialia. 181. 124–138. 160 indexed citations

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Stoica, G., A. D. Stoica, Sven C. Vogel, et al.. (2018). Distinct Recrystallization Pathways in a Cold-Rolled Al-2%Mg Alloy Evidenced by In-Situ Neutron Diffraction. Quantum Beam Science. 2(3). 17–17. 3 indexed citations

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Calder, Stuart, Ke An, R. Boehler, et al.. (2018). A suite-level review of the neutron powder diffraction instruments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Review of Scientific Instruments. 89(9). 92701–92701. 102 indexed citations

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Xie, Qingge, Juhua Liang, A. D. Stoica, et al.. (2017). In-situ neutron diffraction study on the tension-compression fatigue behavior of a twinning induced plasticity steel. Scripta Materialia. 137. 83–87. 28 indexed citations

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Pirouz, P., Ke An, X. J. Ning, J. Yang, & S.Q. Xiao. (1995). High-Temperature Indentation of Natural Diamond and the Quest for Lonsdaleite. MRS Proceedings. 383. 1 indexed citations

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